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(17:59:54) greendisease: i'm here
(17:59:59) lxmaier: meeting is about to start
(18:00:26) lxmaier: I would like to have a roll call
(18:00:29) lxmaier: AlexMaier
(18:00:35) GeroldKa: GeroldKassube
(18:00:48) [splinux]: DamienDurand
(18:01:01) finalzone_ [n=chatzill@c-67-164-4-56.hsd1.ca.comcast.net]
entered the room.
(18:01:02) greendisease: JackAboutboul
(18:01:24) lxmaier: Please open the schedule page
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
(18:01:39) lxmaier: I will take care of Famsco update
(18:02:09) lxmaier: 1. JeffreyTadlock 's request has been approved for
700 DVDs and 20 T-shirts. Jeffrey can produce shirts locally and sell
to get the money back in. DavidBarzilay will be Jeffrey's point person
at Famsco, for all assistance necessary.
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(18:02:24) MrTom: ThomasCanniot
(18:02:25) lxmaier: 2. PawelSadowski has requested us to help him
produce some Fedora T-Shirts he will distribute at the events he
attends. Quote has been supplied and approved.
(18:02:30) jorge___: JorgeTorres :)
(18:03:12) lxmaier: 3. You will find the most recent snapshot of the
Fedora finances here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Accounting
(18:03:32) lxmaier: The latest one has been posted on  2006-07-31
(18:03:35) lxmaier: EOF
(18:03:43) lxmaier: any questions on Famsco activity?
(18:04:00) greendisease: !
(18:04:05) lxmaier: > greendisease
(18:04:19) greendisease: has there been any progress on the next fudcon?
(18:04:41) lxmaier: depends on what you mean by "progress"
(18:04:51) lxmaier: my latest info was that it is in your hands
mostly, greendisease
(18:05:03) greendisease: ah okay, i will speak with max
(18:05:15) lxmaier: we will be able to support you with some money and
schwag, and max is your main point person
(18:05:19) lxmaier: EOF
(18:05:23) lxmaier: anything else?
(18:05:24) greendisease: EOF as well
(18:05:52) lxmaier: next item: Project Reports
(18:06:13) lxmaier: tchung is not present to report on the free media.
(18:06:28) lxmaier: anyone here who is involved and would like to
update the rest?
(18:07:24) lxmaier: okay, looks nobody here from the FreeMedia project
(18:07:52) finalzone_ [n=chatzill@fedora/Finalzone] entered the room.
(18:08:07) lxmaier: their request form is closed for this month, but I
know that SponsoredMedia is using the DVDs Famsco has donated to
fulfill the requests.
(18:08:44) lxmaier: SponsoredMedia vendor Karlie Robinson is using the
donated money to cover postage only, which means she can send out more
DVDs.
(18:08:57) lxmaier: OEF -- any questiosn on this?
(18:09:14) lxmaier: Next project: VideoContest
(18:09:43) lxmaier: We have several submissions there, but the contest
is still running (until August 20), so there is no winner yet
(18:10:13) lxmaier: you can see the videos here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenVideo/Submissions
(18:10:22) lxmaier: EOF -- questions?
(18:10:36) greendisease: !
(18:10:50) lxmaier: Okay then, greendisease, do you want to report on
your project -- Schwag Kits?
(18:10:53) lxmaier: > greendisease
(18:11:05) greendisease: how many submissions do we have total?
(18:11:25) lxmaier: five
(18:11:34) lxmaier: we could use some more
(18:11:36) lxmaier: :)
(18:11:54) MrTom: !
(18:11:57) greendisease: damn, do we need some more promotional work
(18:12:00) lxmaier: > MrTom
(18:12:17) lxmaier: greendisease: if you can help promote the contest, go ahead
(18:12:28) greendisease: okay, i will think of something
(18:12:41) MrTom: I'm doubting about our capacity to make as an
interesting contest as firefox did
(18:12:59) lxmaier: MrTom: and the constructive point you are making is?
(18:13:52) MrTom: is that we are not popular enough and not buzzing
enough the entire web to succeed such a contest
(18:14:11) lxmaier: MrTom: We can try and see what happens. We have
tried, and we were able to attract five people. This might have many
reasons.
(18:14:38) MrTom: yes but i feel pessimistic about the contest, really :/
(18:14:51) lxmaier: MrTom: promotion is one thing, but another is --
maybe the creative crowd does not like the open source tools, or maybe
they do not know how to use them.
(18:15:05) greendisease: regardless, it was announced, its going on
and almost over and there will be a winner
(18:15:27) MrTom: greendisease of course, but i don't think it is
something to start again very soon
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timed out)).
(18:15:40) lxmaier: MrTom: success is not the only thing that
matters--even though it would have been nice to have many more people
participate. We have to learn from this.
(18:16:25) lxmaier: MrTom: after the contest is over, we will do a
"post-mortem" and try to determine what went well, and what went
poorly, and why.
(18:16:30) greendisease: MrTom: well we can always re-evaluate and
rethink things
(18:16:36) greendisease: we need to give an initial try
(18:16:42) lxmaier: greendisease: +1
(18:16:55) MrTom: i agree with both of you however
(18:17:04) lxmaier: thanks MrTom
(18:17:09) MrTom: eof :)
(18:17:29) lxmaier: now greendisease, do you want to give us an update
on your project-- the Ambassador Event Kit?
(18:17:52) greendisease: sure
(18:17:58) greendisease: all the meat is done
(18:18:02) greendisease: its been done for a while
(18:18:07) greendisease: we even created the wiki page this week
(18:18:26) greendisease: we are waiting for the artists to lay it out
on the stationary
(18:18:37) greendisease: theyve been inundated with work the last few weeks
(18:19:20) greendisease: with the whole echo redesign, other duties
(18:19:43) greendisease: i would like to put it on the agenda for next
week to discuss, although i might not be able to make the meeting due
to another meeting
(18:19:59) hpachas-PE [n=kvirc@206.132.195.36] entered the room.
(18:20:02) lxmaier: please, feel free to add it to the agenda:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Schedule
(18:20:06) greendisease: EOF
(18:20:10) lxmaier: thanks greendisease
(18:20:22) greendisease: I think it should be finalized and up by next week
(18:20:24) BobJensen-Away is now known as BobJensen
(18:20:26) lxmaier: any questions about Ambassador Kit?
(18:20:29) greendisease: depends on how much work they have
(18:21:00) lxmaier: alright then, moving on
(18:21:05) lxmaier: Review upcoming events
(18:21:12) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
(18:21:17) hpachas-PE: hi, mi name is Hernan, I am from Lima.-Peru. I
am speak spanish
(18:21:51) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: thanks Hernan. Are you an Ambassador?
(18:22:23) hpachas-PE: quiero ser un embajador de fedora en Peru
(18:22:37) lxmaier: any Spanish-speakers here?
(18:22:45) jorge___: hpachas-PE: hola
(18:22:54) jorge___: hpachas-PE: estamos en medio de una reunión...
toca seguir un programa :)
(18:22:55) lxmaier: anyone, could you tell Hernan that he is
disrupting the meeting?
(18:23:00) hpachas-PE: hola Jorge
(18:23:03) lxmaier: jorge___: thanks :)
(18:23:03) GeroldKa: soweit ich das verstehe meint er er sei
Ambassador in Peru :-)
(18:23:28) lxmaier: we do not need any more languages here GeroldKa :)
(18:23:31) jorge___: hpachas-PE: en breve se termina la reunión y se
puede continuar charlando de cualquier tema ;)
(18:23:34) GeroldKa: sorry
(18:23:53) lxmaier: Okay, jorge___ , hpachas-PE , let's continue the meeting
(18:23:55) lxmaier: thanks
(18:24:10) lxmaier: the first event we'll discuss today is Aug, 14-17,
2006   LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006
(18:24:16) lxmaier: greendisease: you are in charge
(18:24:19) greendisease: yay!
(18:24:24) greendisease: okay, we are all set to go
(18:24:37) greendisease: staff, schwag, a bof, a booth
(18:24:53) greendisease: i sent out an announcement to announce-list
this week with all the details
(18:26:20) lxmaier: greendisease: do you think you could update your
even page on the wiki?
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxWorld/LinuxWorldSanFrancisco2006
(18:27:19) greendisease: sure
(18:27:25) greendisease: will do it ntonight
(18:27:30) lxmaier: thanks greendisease
(18:27:33) greendisease: any questions?
(18:28:02) lxmaier: alrighty then, thanks greendisease
(18:28:06) lxmaier: we are moving on
(18:28:19) lxmaier: Aug 24-26, 2006     III Festival Software Livre da
Bahia     Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brazil     HugoCisneiros
(18:28:19) lxmaier: OthonBatista
(18:28:33) lxmaier: anyone here who knows the status of this event?
(18:29:17) lxmaier: alright, next event
(18:29:19) lxmaier: Sept, 2006   Linux Day   Ilza, Poland - It will be
a presentation generally about Fedora, Open Source etc. It will take
place at my high school.    PawelSadowski
(18:29:25) lxmaier: McGiwer: are you here?
(18:29:58) lxmaier: McGiwer seems to be away from keyboard... in any case
(18:30:17) lxmaier: he has requested funds to produce some t-shirt and
we have approved the expense
(18:30:24) lxmaier: we = famsco
(18:30:51) lxmaier: Pawel will try to save some money by having a
local business sponsor the produciton
(18:30:54) lxmaier: EOF
(18:30:58) lxmaier: questions?
(18:31:10) lxmaier: Next:  Sept, 28-30, 2006      1er Campamento
Playero Fedora Linux Venezuela : Chichiriviche 2006     Chichiriviche,
Edo.Falcón, Venezuela - This event is intended for the promotion of
open source software and specially dedicated to Fedora. It will also
be the first time for gathering all fedora-ve people. It's a beach
camp in a very small town with activities related with local schools
and authorities.    GuillermoGomez
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(18:31:22) lxmaier: Is Guillermo here?
(18:31:31) lxmaier: anyone who knows the status?
(18:31:46) lxmaier: okay next event then;
(18:31:47) lxmaier:  Sept 30, 2006     Ohio LinuxFest 2006
Columbus, OH, USA     JeffreyTadlock
(18:31:54) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OhioLinuxFest
(18:32:05) lxmaier: JeffreyTadlock 's request has been approved for
700 DVDs and 20 T-shirts. Jeffrey can produce shirts locally and sell
to get the money back in.
(18:32:05) lxmaier: DavidBarzilay will be Jeffrey's point person at
Famsco, for all assistance necessary.
(18:32:29) lxmaier: next event
(18:32:31) lxmaier: Oct, 25-26, 2006   LinuxWorld UK 2006   London, UK
-  LinuxWorld UK     JoeEarly
(18:32:31) lxmaier: JonFautley
(18:32:45) lxmaier: either Joe or Jon here?
(18:33:09) lxmaier: then this is the final event we will discuss
(18:33:16) lxmaier: EOF events
(18:33:58) lxmaier: since we are done early today, I would like to
open the floor for general discussion.
(18:34:06) lxmaier: EvilBob wanted to make an announcement
(18:34:10) lxmaier: > EvilBob
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timed out)).
(18:34:47) EvilBob: The Documentation project is looking for some
translation help, if any one is interested please contact Karsten
Wade(quaid) in #Fedora-Docs
(18:35:12) EvilBob: I know we need a pt_PT translator to help with one
party already
(18:35:39) EvilBob: We don't expect one person to do all the work so
we like to have a couple for each language
(18:35:54) EvilBob: Thank You to any one that might be able to help
(18:36:02) EvilBob: EOF, Thanks Alex
(18:36:07) lxmaier: thank you EvilBob
(18:36:12) lxmaier: any questions?
(18:36:21) greendisease: !
(18:36:27) lxmaier: > greendisease
(18:36:38) greendisease: i don't have a question, but wanted to make
an announcement
(18:36:45) lxmaier: greendisease: go ahead
(18:37:31) greendisease: okay, as some of you might know, ubuntu has
just hired a community manager
(18:37:51) greendisease: and i am sure they are going to begin
mimicing the ambassadors project soon
(18:37:59) greendisease: let just make sure we stay proud and vigilant
(18:38:13) greendisease: and not fall asleep
(18:38:28) greendisease: many have come and gone and we are still
here, i want to keep it that way
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(18:39:20) lxmaier: greendisease: thank you
(18:39:39) lxmaier: anyone else wants to comment, ask a question, or
add anything?
(18:39:56) hpachas-PE: aqui en Peru .. se realizara un evento en
octubre.. creen q puedan ayudarme
(18:40:22) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: be sure to add your event to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
(18:40:39) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: if you need help, ask famsco
(18:40:55) EvilBob: translation please
(18:41:01) lxmaier: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/SteeringCommittee
(18:41:13) greendisease: EvilBob: he says he has an event in october
and would like some help
(18:41:19) hpachas-PE: el evento es " open source Day".. estaran
Maddog (linux International) y Rich Bowen ( Fundacion Apache)
(18:41:55) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: can you try to use English, please? We
have international people here, not everyone understands Spanish
(18:42:23) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: but i kid of understand that Maddog
Hall and Rich Bowen will be there
(18:42:32) greendisease: hpachas-PE: i will be seeing maddog next week
(18:42:54) hpachas-PE: the event is "open source Day". Maddog (linux
International) and Rich would estaran Bowen (Foundation Apache)
(18:42:58) lxmaier: hpachas-PE: do you want to represent Fedora at the
event? Do you want a booth there?
(18:43:30) lxmaier: we can help you with some money, to pay for the
booth at the event
(18:43:34) greendisease: lxmaier: can we motion to close the floor
first and end the meeting?
(18:43:49) lxmaier: greendisease: i second the motion
(18:43:58) EvilBob: +1
(18:44:06) hpachas-PE: yes
(18:44:11) lxmaier: 3...
(18:44:15) lxmaier: 2...
(18:44:18) lxmaier: 1...
(18:44:23) lxmaier: the meeting is
(18:44:28) lxmaier: ==== anjourned ===
